In this post, we explain the many Microsoft Copilots available and what they do, and highlight the key differences between each. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read…
Border Report – Border Patrol chief calls report that agents will board buses to check students’ citizenship ‘absurd’
(The Texas Tribune) — The Alice Independent School District in South Texas warned parents in a letter Wednesday that U.S. Border Patrol agents may be checking the immigration status of students on…
Texas Monthly – Kerrville Is the New Kerrville
Perhaps best known for its long-running folk music festival, which draws crowds of up to 30,000 every spring, the Hill Country town of Kerrville is equal parts artsy and laid-back. Drive about…
Tech Crunch – Laurene Powell Jobs joins Amazon in backing nuclear startup X-Energy in $700M round
X-Energy is one of many nuclear startups to have benefitted from the AI-driven data center boom. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Report: Ilya Sutskever’s startup in talks to fundraise at roughly $20B valuation
Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of “at least” $20 billion, according to Reuters. It’s not…
Tech Crunch – HPE begins notifying data breach victims after Russian government hack
Hackers with Russian foreign intelligence were blamed for the breach, which also targeted Microsoft. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – PromptLayer is building tools to put non-techies in the driver’s seat of AI app development
The GenAI boom of the last few years has unleashed a wave of startups promising to support the process of prompt engineering — i.e., coming up with instructions to precisely steer an…
El Chuqueño Blog – Tariffs, the Superbowl and Ecocide
By Kent Paterson President Donald Trump’s decision to delay for 30 days the implementation of tariffs on Mexican products averted higher costs for the legions of football fans gearing up for Superbowl…
Texas Monthly – The Folks Behind Famed Rancho Loma Inn Have Opened a BBQ Joint
“Everybody said I was making this too nice,” Robert Williamson told me of the design for Smokesmith. After he and his wife, Laurie, remodeled the building, it is unrecognizable from the former…
KTSM News – EPISD officer charged with interference with public duties
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — An El Paso Independent School District (ISD) police officer was recently placed on administrative leave after he was charged with interference with public duties, according to the…